Weaver95:you people are screwed. completely, totally and in every possibly way...screwed.

How are they screwed? Those same reporters aren't entirely stupid; they know about Willard's disdain of the truth already. They can't call him out on that without at least half of their audience tuning out because they're now "liberal journalists."

If what they spout out reinforces their bases preconceived notions, the fact that it's a lie is irrelevant. And they know that most of the undecideds are too lazy, too involved in non-political things to pay any attention to the fact-checkers.

How are they screwed? Those same reporters aren't entirely stupid; they know about Willard's disdain of the truth already. They can't call him out on that without at least half of their audience tuning out because they're now "liberal journalists."

They call him on it plenty. The difference is that most candidates have some sort of moral or ethical core that could be impacted by being called a liar, or pointed out how something they said was untrue. The Romneybot 2012 has no such weaknesses; it feels no emotion, no greater sense of purpose, no love for it's fellow man. He knows he is lying. It is a calculated gamble to simply ignore reality until they win.

flaEsq:They never let the facts get in the way of anything before, why start now?

No kidding.

"For years, the GOP has been burdened with facts stopping us from getting public support for our insane ideas. But what if we simply ignore facts from here on out? What if we just make up a whole bunch of crazy shiat, and say that it's true, and say that the people who say that our lies aren't true are just part of the liberal conspiracy? This is our best game plan, and we're moving forward with it."

Jackson Herring:"Our most effective ad is our welfare ad," a top television advertising strategist for Romney, Ashley O'Connor, said at a forum Tuesday hosted by ABCNews and Yahoo! News. "It's new information."

I am seriously going to have a farking aneurysm this election season. Every time the Romney campaign doubles down on an easily disproved lie about objective observable reality, my blood pressure rises measurably.

No. Romney just wants to be President. Everything he does is in service of that. If he lies, it's not because he is a liar (although the act of lying makes him one) it's because he is ambitious and wants to be president. If he acts like a sack of sh*t, it's not because he is a sack of sh*t (although the act of acting like a sack of sh*t does make him one), it's because he is ambitious and wants to be president.

My only question is why. Why in the hell does he want to be President?

Via Infinito:Can't let those pesky facts get in the way of our campaign.

Yes, this was being bandied about last week on some AM radio and some comments. Those "fact checkers" are partisan, derp, derp, derp.

The GOP hasn't figured out that not everyone is under their echo chamber control. That's a great message for the base, but it will do nothing for the swing voter. This isn't 2001, nobody is cowed by 9/11 or any other event. The GOP still thinks they can just bully the electorate into complying with them.

No. Romney just wants to be President. Everything he does is in service of that. If he lies, it's not because he is a liar (although the act of lying makes him one) it's because he is ambitious and wants to be president. If he acts like a sack of sh*t, it's not because he is a sack of sh*t (although the act of acting like a sack of sh*t does make him one), it's because he is ambitious and wants to be president.

My only question is why. Why in the hell does he want to be President?

Because he wants to be president. He appears to crave power for power's sake; hence why his explanation of what he would do with that power is so... fluid.

I am seriously going to have a farking aneurysm this election season. Every time the Romney campaign doubles down on an easily disproved lie about objective observable reality, my blood pressure rises measurably.

don't sweat it, the liberal-drive-by-lamestream-media-conspiracy will make sure all of Romney's lies are exposed!

They're not screwed. If the U.S. public cared about honesty, logic, and facts then Willard would of been flat out on his ass months ago.

It's the most illogical and unfair campaign season since the gilded age. Mittens could release a video where if screws a black boy on the hood of his car and he would still get the right-wing nutter vote.